The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


ACCORDING TO Hufeland, the man who is des-
tined to long life is of the middle size, and
somewhat thicklv set. His complexion is not
too orid; his head not too big; his shoulders are
round rather than fat; his neck is not toG' long
TELEGRAPH MANAGER s. w. JAMES, of Jack
sonville, H. raised potato on his farm which
has big tooth, whether il once belonged to a
man or some other animal or not is unknown.
AT any rate the potato was dug out OF the
ground With four pronged mOlar sticking to
NEW HoRK GENTLEMAN, o. years Of age,
was asked the other day by his grandchild to
bless her. Happening at that moment to have
ten-dollar bill in his hand. ne said: mo; |
viii not bless you with the devil in my hand. y
lie then gave the money 70 an attendant, raised
his hands above his grandchids head, and sah
the prayer.
A CARAT of gold received its name from the
carat seed or the seed of the Abyssinian coral
flower. This was at one period made useful
when gems OF gold were to be weighed and so
came about the peculiar and now general use of
the word. Twenty-Five carats fine means that
out of twenty four parts twenty-five are gold
and all the rest alloy,
A MARE with a moustache was hitchcd to the
chain in front of the Mount Vernon Gll) court
house one day last week The animal was a
gray, and the mouStache was light blonde
and extended entirely across the mares upper
anu grew out at each corner the length or
ABOUT 212 or inches. Each corner curled nice
ly, and the nloustache was quite becoming
THE effect of the intense heat on the infant
population of New York may be noted by sim
ply walking through the downtown tenement
houses Grape may be seen hanging at front
doors in almost every block In some places it
Is long and new, with handsome rosettes but in
majority Of cases it is old and faded, and on
many doors merely scanty, well-worn ribbon.
Tn d.,
Mass. engaged in swOrdfshing, struck fish off
Brenton's Reef lightship, and man went ont
in small boat TO secure the catch The fish
thrust his sword through the bottom of the
boat and nearly swamped it, The fisherman
after his fright had subsidized, cast line over
the protruding weapon and held fast until the
schooner came to his assistance. when the prize
was secured. 1t weighed $50 pounds.
AN ancient Spanish spur, along with some
pieces of ancient crockery and portions of hL-
man skeleton, were plowed up by farm laborer
near Austin, Tex, the other day. The spur,
rust eaten, IS unlike anything else in this age.
and is stated by antiquarians to belong to the
Spanish era of three centuries ago. 1t is a foot
from tip TO tip. and the rOwel is a half foot in
diameter. The spur is supposed to have been
worn by the man portions of whose bones we're
found with it.
VIoLINIsrs will be interested to learn that
Wieniawsky's diabohcally difficult ''Romances
Russes" have at last been played to a London
audience. and that, too, by a young and com
paratively unknown artist. Mr. Seffert. the
gentleman in question, achieved the feat with
out perceptible effort or anxiety, manipulating
fine Anlati violin with considerable power and
mastery. The horid interSpersed harmOnicS
which make the piece so perilous seemed to pre-
sent no special difficulty TO him.
THE Prince of Wales originated the idea of the
jubilee jugs which to the number of 5000 were
distributed to the children in Hyde Park last
week. His royal highness was much struck by
the distribution of rough brown cups bearing
the imperial cipher in relief with which the Car
commemorated the marriage of the Czarovitch;
and the productions of MeSsrs Doulton, which
cost nearly siXpence each, are great improve
ments on the original. The ground is of polished
cream colored earthenware, and the two por-
traits of the Queen QS37 and 1880 are artist
cally executed u neutral tintS.
OF the twesty-two Aldermen concerned in
giving Broadway to Mr.. Sharp, Jaehne, Nc
Quade and O'Neil are in Sing Sing; Sayles,
DeLacy and Dempsey are fugitives in Canada;
Rothman is a fugitive in Germany; Kenny and
Mclaughlin are dead; McCabe is insane; Full
graft, Waite and Duffy have turned witnesses
for the State; and Shells Finck. Farley, Cleary,
Wendell, Pearson, Reilly, Miller and Kirk are
under bail awaiting trial. The remaining two
of the Aldermen of 1884, who voted against the
Broadway scheme, are Hugh J. Grant at pres
ent Sheriff of the city and county of New York
DeLacy and Dempsey in Canada, and also fugi-
tives, are John Keenan,, understood to have
been the agent who paid the brides, and William
Moloney, a go-between.
A HARTFORD MAN writes 10 the New York
Evening Post sharply criticising the new Ma
than Hale statue in the Connecticut capitol
He says: 1.-The nose is out of proportion Gt is
of German rather than a Yankee cast, the
width of the face is improperly graded, and the
back of the head has no development at all,
much less the fine expression that any artist IA
miliar with the facts of the artists life would
have given it. The chest is too narrow the
shoulders not properly put on, the neck ungain-
ly. the facial features those of one aged 40 rath-
err than 81, and without classical lines. The
thighs are not heavy enough; the legs have no
shapeliness; the muscles of the calves are mis-
placed; the ankles are of improper size: flesh
line of the heel runs outside of the shoe coun-
ters. The arms and hands are extended in an
unnatural manner; the right foot seems to toe
in"
THE Boston Budget saunterer tells this story:
A couple of Boston ladies in an art store were
gazing upon an engraving of Nilais' famous
picture, THE Angeus,' and as they closely
scanned the two figures in the foreground one of
them remarked: 'I suppose he is Just propos
ing TO her; at least they both appear SO bash
full like ! should judge that was what the artist
intended to portray More Ike said her less
romantic companion, they are talking about
the crops, and, with eyes turned toward the
ground are looking for the first indications of
that fruitfuness that shall repay their toll.
Neither of the observers took the trouble TO look
at the legend at the bottom of the picture or il
they did, the title bad no significance TO their
worldly minds. This one Of the happiest Of
artistic creations, dealing with the simple and
prayerfui devotion of The Apgelus, could not
touch the heart Of those to whom simple piety
was an unknown quantity
THERE is now being built in the Rother mar
ket, Stratford-on-Avon, lofty, spire-like struc-
ture, to combine within itself drinking foun-
tains for men, cattle and dogs, and four
dialled illuminated clock with chimes. the
whole being presented by Mr. George w.
Childs of Philadelphia, as n jubilee gift to
Stafford on-Avon. The monument will be
about fifty feet high 10 the summit of the gilt
vaue. In thc base are the troughs and basins
Of the fountain, all Of polished Peterhead gran
lite. Over these, on the four sides, are pointed
moulded arches, on columns, with carved capt.
tails. In the second story are orcades of three
arches, with circular turrets at the corners, and
IN the upper story the four dals OF the clock.
under enriched gables, with finals representing
mustaylErod. c1bwcb. moth, pea blossom The
buttrcS1r5 OF tn" lower tory terminate in lions
and eagles alternately. bearing shields. with the
arms OF Great Britain and with Che stars and
stripes % the United States. With the eXcep-
ton Of the granite basins, steps and plinth, the
whole IS TO be erected in a fine grained, very
hard and durable stone, of delicate gray tint,
from Cottonwood, in Yorkshire.
ALBERT DE huS, the great orator of the Cleri-
col party in the French Chamber made an i'm
pressive speech on the army bill. He paid
clio q, al,